Exodus 21:26
And if an ish strike the ayin of his eved, or the ayin of his amah, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his ayinʼs sake.
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
25Burn for burn, wound for wound, chaburah (stripe laceration) for chaburah.
Cross References
Exodus 21:20And if an ish strikes his eved, or his amah, with a shevet (rod), and he die under his yad; he shall be surely avenged.
Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not pervert mishpat; thou shalt not show partiality, neither take a shochad: for a bribe doth blind the eyes of the chachamim, and twist the devarim of the tzaddikim.
Job 31:13If I did despise the mishpat (cause) of my eved or of my amah, 1 when they contended with me, 1
Psalms 10:14Thou hast seen it; for Thou beholdest trouble and ka'as (grief), 1 to requite it with Thy yad; 1 the helpless committeth himself unto Thee; 1 Thou art the Ozer (helper) of the yatom (orphan). 1
Psalms 72:12For he shall deliver the evyon (needy) when he crieth; 1 the oni (poor, afflicted) also, and him that hath no ozer (helper). 1
Ephesians 6:9And, adonim, do the same things to them, forbearing threatening, having da'as that both their and your Adon is in Shomayim, and ein masso panim im Hashem (there is no partiality with Hashem). + 6:9 Job 31:13,14
Matthew Henry on Exodus 21:23-36
22 If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman's husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine. 23 And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, 24 Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot, 25 Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe. 26 And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall… Read the whole commentary →